to speak a foreign language. having college education.
,aged 22,fond of swimming and driving,has just graduated from a job might be given to him?
for Capes Taxis.
for Southern Airlines. at Instant Language Ltd. of the three.
prevents Mary,aged 25,becoming an air hostess for international flights? once broke a traffic law and was fined. can't speak Japanese very well.
has never worked as an air hostess before.
doesn't feel like working long hours flying abroad.
of the following is NOT mentioned in the three advertisements? .
or female. .
experience. Passage 12
Many immigrants(移民) to the United States find the decision to seek better lives for their familiesin America can have an unexpected and tragic consequence(后果).Deep differences with their children develop over language and culture.
“Many immigrants arrive here without much kids soon gain language skills and also street smarts(耍时髦) on how to live in America,leaving the parents at a disadvantage,”Ileana,Rosas,pastor of a Methodist church group operaing in Virginia,said.
“Not only that but they find they cannot relate to children who quickly absorb American culture,”she said.
According to the US Census Bureau(人口调查),the number of foreign born or first generation Americans reached 55 million last year,a record one in five the totalpopulation.
A government survey of 922 immigrants in 2000 found that nearly 40 percent of those who had been in the United States for more than 15 years would still like to take English classes if they had the time.
Two thirds of low income households depended on their children for translation. Psychologists(心理学家) and sociologists say parents can lose their position of authority(权威) in a family as a result and the effects of that can be farreaching.
Children exposed to American pop culture that glorifies(颂扬) youth and sexuality(性感)often rebel when their parents try to impose the conservative valuesthey brought with them. “Americaniation erodes(侵蚀) all critical(紧要的) aspects of parenting，”saidRichard Weissbourd,who teaches education at Harvard University.
“I feel a part of me is dying with my don't listen to my have to play it on Sunday morning when they are not around,”said an immigrant.
troubles the immigrant parents most is .—— they can't understand the English language
they lose their position of authority in their families their children have lost sense of their own national values they can master the English language as soon as possible
the passage we can infer that the population of the States at present is about.—— million million million
than 250 million
of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
the immigrants had expected the troubles they would meet before they went to the US.
thirds of the immigrant families are low income households.
culture shows a spirit against conservative social and cultural values. pop culture puts the immigrant families at a disadvantage. of the following is probably the title of the report? Result of the US Census
Differences Between Parents and Children in the US Troubles of the American Immigrants
Reversal(颠倒) Troubles Many Parents and Children Passage 13
Humanity uses a little less than half the water available occurrences of shortages and droughts(干旱) are causing famine and distress in some areas,and industrial and agriculturalbyproducts are polluting water the world's population is expected to double in the next 50 years,many experts think we are on the edge of a widespread water crisis.
But that doesn't have to be the shortages don't have to trouble the world—if we start valuing water more than we have in the as we began to appreciate petroleum more after the 1970s oil crises,today we must start looking at water from a fresh economic can no longer afford to consider water a virtually free resource of which we can use as much aswe like in any way we want.
Instead,for all uses except the domestic demand of the poor,governments should price water to reflect its actual means charging a fee for the water itself as well as for the supply costs.
Governments should also protect this resource by providing water in more economically and environmentally sound example,often the cheapest way to provide irrigation(灌溉) water in the dry tropics is through smallscale projects,such as gathering rainfall in depressions(洼地) and pumping it to nearby crop land。
No matter what steps governments take to provide water more efficiently,they must change their institutional and legal approaches to water than spread control among hundreds or even thousands of local,regional and national agencies that watch various aspects of water use,countries should set up central authorities to coordinate water supply.
is the real cause of the potential water crisis? half of the world's water can be used.
world population is increasing faster and faster.
of the world's water resources have been seriously polluted. has not placed sufficient value on water resources. indicated in the passage,the water problem—— already serious in certain parts of the world been exaggerated by some experts in the field
a challenge to the technology of building reservoirs
understated by government organiations at different level to the author,the water price should—— reduced to the domestic demand
to its real into account the occurrences ofdroughts
author says that in some hot and dry areas it is advisable to ——. big lakes to store water big pumping stations
small and cheap irrigation systems water from nearby rivers to cropland
order to raise the efficiency of the water supply,measures should be taken to ————
full protection of the environment the management of water resources
the sense of responsibility of agencies at all levels local and regional control of water resources Passage 14
People in Shanghai can quench their thirst(解渴) with high quality water if the Shanghai Water Authority (SWA) is able to make good on its has vowed(发誓) to make the city's water match its status as a worldclass city。
“The current tap water quality meets national standards,but,compared with that of the European Union and the United States,it still needs to be improved,”said the SWA's director general,hang Jiayi.
The Shanghai Special Water Supply Layout calls for residents to be able to drinkthe tap water without boiling it,in less than a decade.
In other developed countries,water fountains can be found almost everywhere—people do not bother with bottled drinking water.
By 2020,the water of the Huangpu River will be treated to reduce the amount
of organic(有机物的) waste in initiative(倡议) is to be completed in the first half of this year,hang said.
Major water works that draw water from the Huangpu will need more treatment
facilities to improve the color,texture(结构),ammonia(氨)and nitrogen(氮) content before 2010.
These treatment facilities are expected to cost 4 billion yuan,something that
could affect the price of water,according to Chen Yin,SWA's deputy director general.
Chen said that replacing water pipes was also a key city's aged pipes are
mostly to blame for the bad water quality.
The SWA has started the water facilities renovation(整修) work,including the
more than 14,000 kilometers of indoor piping,107,000 tanks on top of the buildings,and more than 6,000 underground facilities.
World Water Day came on March 22,and this year's theme is“water for the
future”.Beijing is also drawing up plans during China's Water Week,which runs until March 28.
By 2008,the water for the Olympic Games is to above World Health
Organiation ,the people of Beijing will be able to drink their tap water as well.
(From 21st CenturyMarch 27,2003)
does the italicied word“it”mean in the second paragraph? current tap water.
quality of current tap water. standards.
tap water of the European Union and the US. in Shanghai can drink their tap water.————
2020 the first half of this year 2010 2008
step need not be taken in order to improve the tap water? water of the Huangpu River will be treated. water pipes will be treated. facilities must be renovated. fountains must be found.
is the correct order of the following events?
of Shanghai can quench their thirst with high quality water. tap water quality meets national standards.
water of Shanghai reaches the standards of developed countries. people of Beijing drink their tap water.
treatment of the water of Huangpu River has been finished. ,d,a,b,c ,d,e,a,c ,d,b,c,a ,e,d,c,a
is the main idea of the passage? cost of treating the tap water.
to reach the water standards of developed countries.
project for making tap water drinkable in Shanghai and Beijing. progress of treating the water of Huangpu River. Passage 15
United States President George yesterday expressed dou on efforts by United Nations arms inspectors(调查人员) to get information from Iraqi scientists, adding the presence of Iraqiofficials as a reason for it. A US official said any
interference(干涉) by Iraq with the interview would be another sign that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was failing to meet UN disarmament(解除武装) demands. “The inspectors are there to decide whether or not he is disarmingYou hear these reports about Iraqi scientists being interviewed, but there's an official in the room.\Bush
told reporters during a tour of his Texas farm. Bush had been asked whether he was satisfied with the UN inspectors' attempts to interview Iraqi scientists. Bush's answer included broad criticism(批评) of Saddam and a warning that a war was near. “He is a man who likes to play games andjokes. The question is, will Saddam Hussein disarm?\Bush said. “The first sign isn't very satisfactory that he will voluntarily disarm.\as well as the scientist interviews. “He's got to understand his day is coming,\Bush said of Saddam. Bush spoke as more than 11,000 US soldiers prepared to head for the Gulf to join in US preparations for a possible invasion(入侵) of Iraq to force an end to any programmes Saddam has to make nuclear biological or chemical weapons(武器). The news came the same day as warplanes dropped 480,000 leaflets(传单) over two cities in a so called nofly area of southern Iraq on Thursday, pressing Iraqi armyand citiens to listen to US specialforces radio broadcasts to the area, the US armed forces said.
1What didn't President Bush talk about according to this news report? AThe interview with Iraqi scientists. BThe warning towards Iraq.
CThe dou about Saddam's disarmament. DSending 480,000 soldiers to Iraq.
2Why didn't Bush believe what the Iraqi scientists said during the inerviews? ABecause the scientists wouldn't like to tell the truth. BBecause Bush never believed anything the scientists said.
CBecause Iraqi officials were watching them during the interviews. DBecause Saddam asked them to tell lies during the interviews. 3Which of the following statements is true? AThe farm owned by Bush is in California.
B11,000 US soldiers haven't got to the Middle East. CThe nofly one is in the northern part of Iraq. DBush thinks Saddam will disarm of himself.
参考答案与解析 Passage 1 1.细节题。从文中第一段的最后一句“…or are prevented from asking by ourfear of being criticied”可以得出结论。答案为B。
2.从文章第三段“In order to protect your feelings,which you may not want
exposed,write the question down(in capitals if you wish) on a slip of papes without your name on fold the paper and hand it to your teacher…”可 以得出结论。答案为B。
3.从文中的最后一段“The class should regard both!Questions and answers and the discussion that arises from them as confidential to avoid breaking the trust the questioner has placed in the lesson…”可以得出答案。答案为A。 Passage 2
1.主旨题。其实我们根据文章的标题“Chinese，MainLand， Hong Kong，TaiwanJoin Hand in SARS Research”，另外从文章的倒数第二段的第一句话“We have cooperated with the
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